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Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask, Côte d'Ivoire, Wè-Guéré, Size: H: 40 cm (H: 15.7 inch), ID: 3050046
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Lot 225
101st Auction

Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Wè-Guéré · ID: 3050046

sold EUR 1,800
Provenance
Pierre Robin, Paris, France (1996)
Size
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch

Description

wood, pigments, metal, shotgun cartridge cases, animal teeth, fabric, base

The mask’s face is framed by about 100 animal teeth, and on its head it wears a “diadem” made of cartridge cases.

Expended ammunition and the fangs of a predator should reinforce the masks power and aggressiveness. Such masks were used for control and are said to have participated in battle in earlier times to admonish the men (cf. AHDRC 0196541).

The object Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask with the object ID 3050046 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 225 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.

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